CONGRESSIONAL AIDEFIRED MONTHS AFTERENCOUNTER WITHTEEN: REPORT
An aide to a suburban congressman was fired over the weekend, five months after he was found partially clothed in a vehicle with a 17- year- old boy, Politico reported Monday evening.
U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R- Ill., fired Nick Provenzano, 56, over the weekend, Politico reported. Hultgren and Provenzano could not be reached Monday evening.
According to his Facebook account, Provenzano had served as the deputy district director for the 14th Congressional District, which covers much of the west, northwest and northern suburbs.
Citing a police report obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, Politico said Provenzano and the teen were found in a vehicle in McHenry County on Oct. 21, 2017.
Provenzano was investigated for public indecency and “other potential criminal acts,” but no charges were filed, according to Politico.
A homeowner saw the two in an SUV on a dead- end street with the lights off and called police, according to the report. Officers saw that Provenzano had his shirt off. The boy was fully clothed. Provenzano told officers he took his shirt off because itwas “hot.”
The teen, whose name was redacted, later told police he met Provenzano on the gay dating site Grindr, which changed his age to 18. He said police interrupted them during “the middle of their sexual encounter.” The age of consent in Illinois is 17.